Central Africa
List of species seen during day driving west through Congo towards Lekoni, Gabon
Monday 2nd December 2002
Grey-throated Barbet (Gymnobucco bonapartei bonapartei)
Red-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus)
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus subsulphureus flavimentum)
Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator sharpii)
White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus cupreus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba affinis)
Cape Turtle Dove (Streptopelia capicola tropica)
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur afer)
Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)
Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
Lesser Black-winged Plover (Vanellus lugubris)
Black Kite (Milvus parasiticus parasiticus)
Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris capelli)
Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
Congo Moor-Chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni)
Purple-headed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureiceps)
White-throated Blue Swallow (Hirundo nigrita)
Petit's Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne petiti)
Ansorge's Greenbul (Andropadus gracilirostris gracilirostris)
Swamp Palm Greenbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura)
Western Nicator (Nicator chloris)
Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea tigrina)
Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris somereni)
Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygia chloropygia)
Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciata bifasciata)
Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus ugandae)
Grassland Pipit (Anthus cinnamameus lichenya)
Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys bohndorffi)
Long-legged Pipit (Anthus pallidiventris pallidiventris)
Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi)
Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra)
Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata cucullata)
Southern Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Serinus atrogularis somereni)
Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi goslingi)